The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) established by the Open Society for West Africa (OSIWA) and the United Nations Development Programme’s Civil Society Resource Centre in Ghana in collaboration with the Ghana Association of Private Voluntary Organisations in Development (GAPVOD) organised a two day Regional Seminar on the theme “Reflecting on Civil Society’s Evolution in Ghana over the Last 50 Years” in Accra, Ghana from the 8-9 November, 2007.

The objective of the seminar was to provide a platform for a cross-section of over 100 civil- society actors to reflect on the progress, challenges and future of civil society in Ghana. Participants at the seminar were drawn from Ghana and across the West African sub-region and included government representatives, donor agencies and organisations, UN agencies, international non-governmental organisations and the private sector.